Educators take the nursery school children for a walk in Prora in the federal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic RepublicPhoto no. 66163 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Students of the upper school in the military camp in Gross Koeris in the federal state Brandenburg on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Military education was a compulsory subject in the 9th and 1Photo no. 65997 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Delegates at the XI. Party Congress of the SED Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the district Mitte in Berlin, capital of the GDRPhoto no. 51829 © eastgermanyimages.com/Burkhard Lange
A delegation of the land forces of the NVA at the parade onPhoto no. 59487 © eastgermanyimages.com/Manfred Uhlenhut
Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the SED Central Committee Socialist Unity Party and Chairman of the State Council und die Mitglieder des Militaerrates aus der VR Bulgarien, der Ungarischen Volksrepublik, der DDR, der VR Polen, der SR Rumaenien, der UdSSR und der CSSR sowie der Chef des Stabes der Vereinten Streitkraefte in Berlin, the former capital of the GDR, German Democratic RepublicPhoto no. 61805 © eastgermanyimages.com/Burkhard Lange
Mauerfall / Grenzöffnung in Berlin - Mitte am Grenzübergang Invalidenstraße amPhoto no. 26145

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Berlin — BERLIN 01.01.1990 Various small change coins with a nominal value of one Pfennig as legal tender and currency put into circulation by the State Bank in Berlin East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 25.08.1957 Two boys play with a toy ship at a puddle on a street in East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Görlitz — GöRLITZ 10.07.1958 The actor Ulrich Thein during filming for the DEFA film "The Sailors' Song" in Goerlitz, Saxony in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Coswig — COSWIG 14.05.1958 A woman presents a color chart for artificial leather from VEB Cowaplast-Werke Coswig in Coswig, Saxony in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Coswig — COSWIG 14.05.1958 A woman presents a bag made of synthetic leather from VEB Cowaplast-Werke Coswig, Saxony in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Coswig — COSWIG 14.05.1958 Products made of artificial leather from VEB Cowaplast-Werke Coswig, Saxony in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Dresden — DRESDEN 15.04.1957 A model poses at a car AWZ P5

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Döbeln — DöBELN 01.02.1952 A young milkmaid of a Saxon agricultural production cooperative (LPG) presents milk in glass bottles in Doebeln, Saxony in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.06.1953 View of the newly built Stalinallee (now Karl-Marx-Allee) at the Marchlewskistrasse subway station in East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Women in conversation

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.06.1953 View of the newly built Stalinallee (now Karl-Marx-Allee) in East Berlin on the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic. Women talking at a not yet completed subway station entrance

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.06.1953 Facade of a high-rise building in the newly built Stalinallee (today Karl-Marx-Allee) in East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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Berlin — BERLIN 15.06.1953 Construction work in the newly built Stalinallee (today Karl-Marx-Allee) in the Friedrichshain district of East Berlin in the territory of the former GDR, German Democratic Republic

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